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NASA’s lost moon truck, the MOLAB rover built for a lunar base, then canceled and forgotten on Earth

In 1963, NASA and General Motors built MOLAB, a massive pressurized rover meant to support two-week traverses and the first permanent lunar base. Then budgets, weight limits, and shifting priorities ...

NASA VIPER moon rover prototype rolls down ramp in tests on Earth

Watch a prototype of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, (VIPER) roll down a ramp to simulate its ...

Blue Origin moon lander rolls out of Merritt Island facility

As NASA looks establish a presence on the moon, Blue Origin's Mark 1 lander moves ahead with pre-launch testing.

NASA rolls out massive rocket for Artemis moon mission. See photos

NASA's towering SLS rocket that will help propel four astronauts on a historic journey around the moon is now visible at the ...

Artemis II rocket mission to the moon: What you need to know

The U.S. is once again challenging itself to go to the moon, and this time, NASA and the Trump administration want to ...

Artemis II Rocket Rolls Out, Ready For Upcoming Manned Lunar Mission

This past weekend, the Artemis II rocket was rolled out to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center. It is to take humans to ...

How NASA Built Its Massive Artemis II Moon Rocket

NASA's Artemis II rocket is nearly ready to fly to the dark side of the moon and back. Let's take a look at how this massive ...
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NASA's moon rocket readies for Artemis astronaut mission

Artemis II is a critical mission in NASA's plans to return humans to the moon, and would be the first time astronauts ...